An appraisal of discrepancies between estimated and final costs in Turkish Public works projects : a case study

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2001
Özdemir, Muhsin Tamer

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M. T. Özdemir, “An appraisal of discrepancies between estimated and final costs in Turkish Public works projects : a case study,” Middle East Technical University, 2001.